Fair rating?The Love Boat· Season 1 · Episode 1
The Captain and the Lady / One if By Land / Centerfold
In "The Captain and the Lady," Bonnie Franklin appears as Capt. Stubing's infuriatingly sarcastic ex-wife who creates havoc aboard the Pacific Princess when she arrives for a cruise with her present spouse (Robert Symonds), the captain's boss. "One If By Land" stars Jimmie Walker and Brenda Sykes as a couple who have been living together in unwedded bliss, until the young lady decides that matrimony is a "must". To forget her unhitchable man, she escapes aboard the luxury ship where she befriends fun-loving Suzanne Somers, who helps her acquire a new outlook on life. "Centerfold" finds Ms. Meredith Baxter-Birney as a girl who once posed in the nude for a photographer. Now engaged to a political candidate (Shelly Novack), she is horrified to learn that the picture is the centerfold of a current magazine. She sets out to recover all copies aboard ship before her future husband sees the centerfold picture.
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#8In Season 1of 25 rated episodes
#46All-timeof 91 rated episodes
+0.3vs season avgSeason 1 averages 6.0
1977First airedSeptember 24, 1977
Guest stars
Suzanne Somersas Lorraine Hoffman
Meredith Baxteras Sandy Rytell
Jimmie Walkeras Ronald Baker
Brenda Sykesas Ginny O'Brien
Bonnie Franklinas Stacy Skogstad
Shelly Novackas Congressman Brad Brockway
Robert Symondsas Aubrey Skogstad
Ted Chapmanas Man with the Burning Magazine
Chris Capenas College Guy
Gertrude Flynnas Mrs. Pendleton
Iren Kosteras Young PassengerCrew
Alan RafkinDirectorRichard KinonDirector
Stuart MargolinDirectorJay GrossmanWriter
Judy SkeltonWriter
Michael NorellWriterPaula A. RothWriter
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